Economy and Settlement: In Context

 Geographic Distribution of Economic Activities

- The Role of Business

to stimulate the economy and provide jobs to civilians in order to provide the country with goods and services.

- The Importance of Exports

exports allow us to acquire materials that would normally be expensive or difficult to retrieve in our country.they also allow us to form political and military alliances with other countries.

- Exporting Issues 

conflict in foreign countries can cause difficulties in exporting goods , this includes storms that wash away ships and cargo and pirates.

- Employment and unemployment

quebec has the lowest employment rate in the country and is doing little to create more jobs for immigrants or increase the population.

Population Since Confederation 1 additional information

french Canadian emigration :
between 1870 and 1930 the emigration of french Canadians continued , they became farmers in Ontario or settled in the provinces of Manitoba or Saskatchewan.these areas were easier to access due to the recently completed railway that spanned Canada and went from Quebec to British Columbia. departures outnumbered arrivals, in some years roughly 10% of the population left the province. some even left to new England hoping to still retain their culture and language but they did not succeed and were assimilated within a few years. some returned in 1920 but had already  adapted to another way of life either in new England or the provinces further west.

immigration diversification:
in the birth year of the Canadian federation,1876, the federal government suggested policies to either restrict or stimulate immigration.most of the immigrants came from either England or eastern Europe.after ww2 Canadian prime minister William Lyon  re-opened immigration to allow for continued economic growth because the immigrants worked and payed taxes stimulating the economy.

population and confederation part 1

• french settled along the st laurence river and at the opening of it into the gulf of the st laurence.
• after creating the settlement of Montreal 45 attempted to stay the winter and only 8 survived through to the summer.
• the conflicts with the iroquois led to the majority of the population dieing in defence of the colony.

• the first new habitants were craftsmen and soldiers and also the filles du roi who were needed to sustain the colony.
• birth incentives :
• fine to unmarried men and a tariff paid to them on their wedding day
• payment to families with over 10 or 11 children
• marriage could be for men from the ages of 14 and up and women could be from 12 and up.
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Population Since Confederation 2

Population Distribution in the Province and Regional Development:

during the time of regional development, where towns were being built in areas where resources were found in order to establish a "forward base' for the development of these resources such as , various metal and coal ores, and in the "nord du quebec" region lakes which with the creation of dams could be used to create hydro electric power that could later be transported to the regions that needed it such as Montreal  ,Quebec city and many more.

the population although dependent on having jobs and money that the cities could easily provide, many of the Canadian citizens later expanded west towards bc and Manitoba , the 2 most recently crated provinces of Quebec  Some in fact moved to the united states where they planned on maintaining their french language and heritage, however  due to the strong difference between the 2 languages they were assimilated within a few years. Although  they were now English speakers primarily, as they returned to Canada they had come to realize that their heritage was nearly non-existence due to their assimilation into the american culture and way of life.

in conclusion the distribution of the population was very sparse  because they were either developing  resources or to develop new lands like bc and Manitoba . areas such as bc and Manitoba were subject to a bit of isolation but after the building of a cross Canada railway this isolation ceased  however it was at least a week's commute to Montreal or Quebec. this made travel long but worth while due to the good you could acquire in the city that you could not acquire in the country.

How did Native people occupy the territory before the arrival of the Europeans

• relocated from Asia around 30000 years ago.
• as a path thawed through the ice they made their way southeast.
• then further east towards Quebec.
• other groups move south as far as modern Chile mountains. 
• many groups that settled along the banks of the Lawrence .
• those who settled  created villages of 1500 to 2000 inhabitants and were farmers while anoth group. was living in forests and hunting tracking game to get food from their families. 
• the Inuit lived as far north as Hudson bay and Ungava bay .
• both the hunters and the Inuit were nomads who lived off the land .
• the three groups ( farmers , hunters and Inuit )formed several nations.
• some of these nations traded goods such as flint for arrows and spears to goods like furs and fishing products.
• the nations to the far south were called the Inca, Aztecs and Mayans. after the English and french invasions this way of dividing the land no longer existed because of the epidemic that was brought by the Europeans and that wiped out most of the native population.

How Did the Population Diversify Under British Rule

MerchantsLoyalistsIncrease from 1815Great Britain's Immigration PoliciesContagious DiseasesGrosse IleReligious DiversificationThe French Canadian PopulationThe Native Population

after the creation of the french settlements in Quebec and along the st Lawrence  river, the merchants and slaves came into this new world to help spread the colonies further inland. due to the immigration policies put in place by jean talon the immigration into the new world was high and was the key to sustaining the settlement  however with the many immigrants from Europe came serious and contagious diseases that were spread throughout most ships  ,like scurvy. this is what brought the need to quarantine the sick and founded the settlement of Grosse ile which was a small town where the sick were sent , basically to die. the amount of immigrants provided a greater religious diversity but after the new colony split between upper and lower Canada, one being of loyalists who were insistent that french be the main language and the other being British  who were content to let them choose and live how they pleased in their part of the country. the native population however suffered the most  very many tribes were wiped out due to the sicknesses brought about by Europeans decimating the native population, friend or foe.

Population and Settlement French Regime: The Settlement of Canada page 17-19

Only one third of the 30'000 men and women that left France to populate the new world stayed in new France. in 1627, the king of France hired the company of 100 associates to populate the new colony that only contained 100 inhabitants. the company had projected 4000 inhabitants however they only attracted several hundred new inhabitants. by 1663 new France had more than 3000 inhabitants, about 1850 of them were new from France and the rest were born there. at that time he appointed Jean-Baptiste Colbert to the position of intendant of new France who was effectively the leader of the settlement and who was also in charge of managing and developing the land surrounding the settlement.

the majority of immigrants who came to new France were soldiers, "les filles du roi" and tradesmen. all of these different people are the reason that we are where we are today , due to their trading ,defense and population of the settlement is the first and most important aspects of creating a prosperous and self-sufficient colony. the creation of a colony that was self sustaining was the key to the french invasion of Canada.

in order to increase the population of the settlement even further the king of France created several birth incentives: for example men who married at the age of 20 or less were allotted an amount of 20 pounds
for women the age was 16 or less. due to these incentives, by the year 1720, the fertility rate in new France was at an average of 9 children per woman. women who married young had longer life expetancies because they ate better and had more children to help around the house and they were responsible for the house while the fathers were either fighting the iroquois or hunting.

Population and Settlement French Regime: Canada's Colonization by the French.

summary of pages 13-14

due to the ratio of men to women in  the new colony of new france the king sent over single women to help decrease that ratio and allow for the colony to populate itself and expand further west along the st. Laurence river. these women were called "les filles du roi " and they were mostly young women and those found out to be prostitutes would be sent back upon the discovery of these acts.

in 1608 when champlain founded quebec it was a very small village with few inhabitants. the name quebec is an amerindian word meaning narrowing due to the fact that quebec is situated at a point on the st laurence river that narrows. years later in 1634 Champlain put sieur de lavoilette  in charge of the settlement that we now call trois riviere. this settlement facilitated trading and communicating with the amerindians in the area and helped to prevent the interception of trade caravans by the irroquois.